Imponderables(R): Fun and Games电子书

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Introduction

Why are rented bowling shoes so ugly?

Why does Mickey Mouse have four fingers?

Why do quarterbacks call the snap with the exclamation “Hut”?

Why are the commercials louder than the programming on television?

Why is the NBA shot clock 24 seconds?

Why do golf balls have dimples?

Why were Athos, Porthos, and Aramis called The Three Musketeers when they fought with swords rather than muskets?

Why are the Notre Dame sports teams called “The Fighting Irish” when the school was founded by French Catholics?

In movies and television dramas, what is the purpose of boiling water when babies are delivered at home?

Why is there a dot on billiards and pool cue balls?

Why is comic strip print in capital letters?

Why do men’s bicycles have a crossbar?

Why is the scoring system in tennis so weird?

Why do place kickers and field-goal kickers get yardage credit from where the ball is kicked and yet punters only get credit from the line of scrimmage?

Why don’t disc jockeys identify the titles and artists of the songs they play?

Why is the home plate in baseball such a weird shape?

How do figure skaters keep from getting dizzy while spinning? Is it possible to eye a fixed point while spinning so fast?

What is the emblem on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ helmets? And is there any particular reason why the Pittsburgh Steelers are the only NFL team to have their logo on only one side of their helmets?

On Jeopardy! what is the difficulty level of the daily doubles supposed to be?

Why are new CDs released on Tuesdays? Why aren’t new books released on a particular day?

Why do hockey goalies sometimes bang their sticks on the ice while the puck is on the other end of the rink?

Why does Monopoly have such unusual playing tokens?

Why is there a two-minute warning in American football?

Who was Casper the Friendly Ghost before he died?

Why do rinks use hot water to resurface the ice?

What is the circle adjacent to the batter’s box on baseball fields?

Why are copyright dates on movies and television shows written in Roman numerals?

Why are downhill ski poles bent?

Why do females tend to throw “like a girl”?

Why don’t magazines put page numbers on every page?

Why do magazine and newspaper editors force you to skip pages to continue an article at the back of the magazine/newspaper?

Why do basketballs have fake seams? Do they have a practical purpose or are they merely decorative?

In baseball scoring, why is the letter “K” chosen to designate a strikeout?

How do football officials measure first down yardage with chains, especially when they go on field to confirm first downs?

Why have many movie theaters stopped popping their own popcorn?

Why do golfers yell “Fore” when warning of an errant golf shot?

Why are tennis balls fuzzy?

Where is Donald Duck’s brother?

Do fish really bite more when it is raining?

Why are television sets measured diagonally?

Why are the uniforms of professional Japanese baseball players printed in English letters and Arabic numbers?

Which side gets the game ball when a football game ends in a tie?

Why was he called the Lone Ranger when Tonto was always hanging around?

What did Barney Rubble do for a living?

Why are there eighteen holes on a golf course?

How do the networks sell advertising time when live programs run longer than scheduled?

Why are racquetballs blue?

Why don’t barefoot field goal kickers and punters get broken feet?

Where do they get that awful music for ice skating?

Where do they get that organ music in skating rinks?

Why doesn’t countdown leader on films count all the way to one?

In baseball, why is the pitcher’s mound located 60’6” from home plate?

Why do they need twenty mikes at press conferences?

What is Goofy?

Is Goofy married? If not, where did television’s Goofy, Jr., come from?

Why do the Oakland Athletics’ uniforms have elephant patches on their sleeves?

How are the subscription insert cards placed in magazines?

What is that sniffing noise boxers make when throwing punches?

What does “legitimate” theater mean? Where can you find “illegitimate” theater?

When running into the dugout from his defensive position, why is the first baseman thrown a baseball from the dugout?

Why are baseball dugouts built so that they are half below ground?

Why do the back wheels of bicycles click when you are coasting or back pedaling?

Why do mis-hits of golf shots, especially irons, sting so badly and for so long?

Why are there two red stripes around the thinnest part of bowling pins?

Why was Charles Schulz’s comic strip called Peanuts?

Where is the Donkey in Donkey Kong?

Who are all those people on the sidelines during American football games?

Why are the Muppets left-handed?

How did the football get its strange shape?

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